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I bought an SSD, so now I have SSD + traditional HDD on my Mac. On SSD OS + Applications. On HDD data.
I wanted to keep applications and library on the SSD and move my home folder from SSD to the traditional HDD.
I used this solution of creating symbolic link on the HDD to follow my purpose. I opened the terminal and in my /Users/Homefolder I've typed
sudo rm -rf examplefolder
ln -s /Volumes/nameofHD/pathofexamplefolderontheHDD
So one after one I deleted all folders on my home folder on the SSD and created symbolic links on the HDD.
The problem for what I'm requesting Super User's help:
One folder, exactly the one named "Download" any time I reboot the system reappears. So now I have two "Download" folders and I'm not able to delete the one on the SSD (the original) anymore, precisely anytime I use
sudo rm -rf examplefolder
After rebooting it magically reappears. Sometimes using terminal it says to unlink the folder but after some time I'm able to delete it
For trying deleting the file I've also used this app/script called Trashit, but that didn't work either.
Nicola
Posted 2012-08-24T12:22:12.730
Reputation: 25
It may be that the location of the Download folder is set by the OS. If this is the case, it would explain why the system recreates the folder on boot. – SaintWacko – 2012-08-24T12:45:29.013
I'm feeling like the only option remained is to tear all down – Nicola – 2012-08-24T12:59:22.453
Do you really need to remove the original? – SaintWacko – 2012-08-24T13:01:15.647
The reason why i'm trying to solving the problem is that of all the folders the one where i'll have much more writing and reading will be the download folder. I can create another one and keep two of them but i've to manually specify the hd "download" folder for every applications that need to download files on my pc. I can go around the problem, for sure. Thanks anyway for your time – Nicola – 2012-08-24T13:09:37.413
What if you symlink the original download folder to the new one? Then anything that tried to go to the one on the SSD would end up on the HDD. – SaintWacko – 2012-08-24T13:12:29.233
Tried. Not working. Maybe i've to modify from the system preferences user the entire home folder from SSD to HDD. The problem is that this way i put also the library where applications have their log files on the HDD losing some speed. If i've some good news i'll report hoping this question will help someone in the future... – Nicola – 2012-08-24T13:24:31.023
Alright, good luck! – SaintWacko – 2012-08-24T13:25:30.633